April 28, 2010

Child Victims Act Due For Vote Soon

If you are an abuse survivor, your help is needed.

Joseph Diangello writes:

The Markey bill will be brought up soon for a vote. I was asked to relay this message to all victims of sexual abuse. If you are comfortable sharing your story (preferably in a few paragraphs), please do so. You can write it anonymously. Email it directly to me [please see the form below] and it will be presented to Assembly members.

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The Child Victims Act WILL be voted upon this time and it WILL pass, beezras hashem. The latest Catholic Church scandal will help tremendously. The bill was amended to include public school students as well. The one year window will only be open to those victims that are currently 58 years and under. The bill will extend the statute of limitations for civil cases from 23 years old to 28 years old. We need people to call and write all the members of the NY State Senate and New York State Assembly to vote for this bill. Similar legislation in California and Deleware exposed over 350 child molesters. We need this to protect our children and to help the victims heal by gaining some form of closure.

Can't wait to see the group known as the "Agudah" climb once more into bed with the most loathsome, repulsive institution on earth, those all-time child-molestation champs, the kings of child rape, the Esav of every generation, the Roman Catholic Church.

How convenient for Zwiebel to badmouth America the other night and call it Esav in regard to its prosecution of Rubashkin.
Very nice. And when his boys jump into the sack with the most morally-challenged, repugnant and abhorrent organization God ever inflicted upon the earth, the real Esav, the promulgator of some of the worst anti-Semitic proclamations ever, the ones who caused the Holocaust, it's ok, because he's preserving "moisdois."

Can't wait to see the embarassment unfold. Fight, Oh Agudah, fight!! And be humiliated, along with your lover, Esav.

Professor Marci Hamilton (Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University) is looking for a list of names of former and/or present sexual perpetrators at large in the NY, NJ and CT area. Please email her with names at
Hamilton02@aol.com
And, please forward...
Thank you.

Professor Marci Hamilton (Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University) is looking for a list of names of former and/or present sexual perpetrators at large in the NY, NJ and CT area.

Makes no sense, shouldn't this list go to the police? I thought a big problem is one of victims not going to the police.

Is this a prelude to the dash-for-cash that the lawyers are looking for?

Sorry, I just don’t trust lawyers. Arresting sexual perpetrators is the job for the police and their supporting staff and resources.

Most of the victims are over the age of 23 so they are past the SOL for bringing criminal or civil charges. The Child Victims Act will extend the age to 28 and will give a one year window for victims of all ages to take civil action.

Most of the victims are over the age of 23 so they are past the SOL for bringing criminal or civil charges. The Child Victims Act will extend the age to 28 and will give a one year window for victims of all ages to take civil action.

Still no reason to not let the police know that someone perpetrated a crime. I would assume that the police would still open a file and I am sure that if the same names appear by many people the police can keep an eye on those individuals and would consider them as suspects for unsolved or new sexual abuse cases.

What Professor Marci Hamilton is doing is a form of ambulance chasing and is trying to get a jump on the mega-bucks that would indeed follow if the window gets opened. At a 40% take we are truly talking about a jackpot here! If the case load for the Professor becomes to great, could you imagine the deal he could cut with other lawyers for the names on the list with the opportunity to get first crack at approaching the “victims”.

Harold. you sound like a puppet for rabbi Zweibel and rabbi Niederman. No one can just walk in to a police station and say I know of a predator in my community. This bill will do that exactly, exposing pedophiles that right now are being protected by Agudah, satmar and the church

No one can just walk in to a police station and say I know of a predator in my community

I have absolutely no idea of police protocol. B"H I have never had any reason do go to the police but from reading posts on this site was the ever-present drumbeat that the Haredi community don't follow protocol and instead of going to the police to report sexual abuse they go to the Rabbis. Now that I suggest that if someone knows of a predator within their midst that they go to the police, I am now told that - No one can just walk in to a police station and report a predator